Moore Minutes: April 2015

Monday, April 13, 2015

PART TWO: Celebrating Easter Sunday 2015 with feast and friends

This is PART TWO of a two part blog post. See here for PART ONE.

Last week, I shared our Easter home and early Sunday morning holiday celebration. In the afternoon, we had company over for a celebratory feast. It's a holiday!

Party appetizers...

Carrots of course

I even found bitty bunny crackers!
Homemade salted caramel cookies,
pastel marshmallows
veggies
and cheese.

Spring veggies!

Chilled mint pea soup from one of my favorite cookbooks,

Keepers!

Fresh-made citrus punch...

Chris was in charge of hiding 55 real eggs and 40 plastic ones

(including some special money-filled eggs!)

Hey babe,

Would you hold this pretty basket for a **quick** picture before you hide these?

pretty please and thank you

love you

Ready,

set,

GO!

We love these two!

Battling it out...

Wait a second, we're supposed to be on a mad egg hunt

but Kathy found some sunshine instead.

Marc looks happy about this hunt.

After our hunt, we finished up dinner prepping.

Our Easter Menu:

Honey Ham with Tangy Mustard Whipped Sauce

Roasted Turkey

Pancetta Wrapped Rosemary Pork Tenderloin

Candied Carrots

Garlic Roasted Asparagus

Scalloped Potatoes with Leeks and Gruyere Cheese

Cucumber, Avocado, and Dill Spinach Salad

Homemade Rolls

Grape Salad

Fresh Citrus Punch

Chilled Mint Pea Soup

Assorted Cheese and Veggie Tray

Assorted Homemade Cheesecakes
Salted Caramel Chocolate Chip Cookies

Homemade Triple Chocolate Mousse Cake

Three layers of goodness

Dish up!

My favorites

To see more of our Easter table, check here!

We so enjoyed spending our moments with these amazing friends! Thanks to each of you for the special part you play in our lives.

Spring's new promises give us so much to appreciate.

Easter is a celebration of LIFE.

New

Fresh

Tender

Color

Beauty

Grace

Goodness

Growth

Victory

HAPPIEST EASTER SUNDAY TO ALL!

This is PART TWO of a two part blog post. See here for PART ONE.

Moore Easter:

Easter at Palisade Winery

Family Easter in Colorado outdoors

Kid's EGG-ercise workout

Pushing the doors wide open to springtime celebrating

Flying Kites on Easter Sunday

Pink Tulip Easter Table

Feather Nest Easter Table

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Thursday, April 9, 2015

PART ONE: EASTER morning, EASTER home decor, and EASTER spring table setting

Oh Easter...

Spring's season replaces the heavy winter blanket with light and airy mists of color. Our earth sings with new scents and fresh growth.

Our home had its window's wide open to the newness of spring.

Egg eye doily garland

Before Easter, I worked on a SheReadsTruth Bible study throughout the lenten season.

photo via @mooreminutes Instagram

As someone who has never practiced lent, I am fasciated by this ritual of withholding and restricting until Easter Sunday when we embrace and indulge in all of God's goodness.

Message board reminders...

Our family doing that holiday thing on a Friday night.

Speckled eggs

Almost Easter!

In our house, the boys leave empty Easter baskets on the front porch on the night before Easter. The bunny fills them up early in the morning, eats a carrot or two, knocks loudly on the door and hops off. When the boys hear the knock, they run to the front door to grab their filled baskets.